The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. The Census Bureau is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce and its director is appointed by the President of the United States.
The Census Bureau's primary mission is conducting the U.S. census every ten years, which allocates the seats of the U.S. House of Representatives to the states based on their population. The bureau's various censuses and surveys help allocate over 675billioninfederalfundseveryyearanditassistsstates,localcommunities,andbusinessesmakeinformeddecisions.Theinformationprovidedbythecensusinformsdecisionsonwheretobuildandmaintainschools,hospitals,transportationinfrastructure,andpoliceandfiredepartments.Inadditiontothedecennialcensus,theCensusBureaucontinuallyconductsover130surveysandprogramsayear,includingtheAmericanCommunitySurvey,theU.S.EconomicCensus,andtheCurrentPopulationSurvey.Furthermore,economicandforeigntradeindicatorsreleasedbythefederalgovernmenttypicallycontaindataproducedbytheCensusBureau.==Legalmandate==ArticleOneoftheUnitedStatesConstitution(sectionII)directsthepopulationbeenumeratedatleastonceeverytenyearsandtheresultingcountsusedtosetthenumberofmembersfromeachstateintheHouseofRepresentativesand,byextension,intheElectoralCollege.TheCensusBureaunowconductsafullpopulationcounteverytenyearsinyearsendingwithazeroandusestheterm"decennial"todescribetheoperation.Betweencensuses,theCensusBureaumakespopulationestimatesandprojections.Inaddition,Censusdatadirectlyaffectshowmorethan400 billion per year in federal and state funding is allocated to communities for neighborhood improvements, public health, education, transportation and more.
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Mexican Americans (mexicanoestadounidenses, mexicoamericanos, or estadounidenses de origen mexicano) are Americans of full or partial Mexican heritage. In 2019, Mexican Americans comprised 11.3% of the US population and 61.5% of all Hispanic and Latino Americans. In 2019, 71% of Mexican Americans were born in the United States; they make up 53% of the total population of foreign-born Hispanic Americans and 25% of the total foreign-born population.
Territories of the United States are sub-national administrative divisions overseen by the federal government of the United States. The various American territories differ from the U.S. states and Indian reservations as they are not sovereign entities. In contrast, each state has a sovereignty separate from that of the federal government and each federally recognized Native American tribe possesses limited tribal sovereignty as a "dependent sovereign nation.
Atlanta (ætˈlæntə , or ætˈlænə ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, although a portion of the city extends into neighboring DeKalb County. With a population of 498,715 living within the city limits, it is the eighth most populous city in the Southeast and 38th most populous city in the United States according to the 2020 U.S. census. It is the core of the much larger Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to more than 6.